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The Mississippi State University student who reported being abducted from campus Wednesday was arrested and charged with filing a false police report Friday morning. Madison Gillette, 19, resident of South Hall, originally claimed she had been abducted while walking back to her residence hall from Mitchell Memorial Library and was forced at gunpoint to drive. She later recanted her story during interviews. After the FBI decided not to press charges, the MSU Police Department arrested and charged her. She was booked at the Oktibbeha County Jail and was Gillette later released on a $500 bond, according to jail records. The filing of a false police report is a misdemeanor charge. The maximum fine is up to $1,000 and could lead to a year in jail, along with restitution being paid to the law enforcement agencies that were involved in the investigation. Detective Brad Massey of the MSU Police Department said on Friday afternoon that Gillette’s court date is still unknown. The MSU Police Department is still investigating the motive.
Reveille revival still uncertain 197 copies still need to be sold BY MEGAN MCKEOWN News Editor
The Reveille, Mississippi State University’s yearbook, is in jeopardy of not going to print if more students do not purchase a copy by the Friday deadline. Rhett Hobart, Student Association president, said as of Monday, 803 books had been sold. The Reveille staff must sell at least 197 more copies in order to go to print. “Our minimum order is 1,000, so we have to sell 1,000 copies,” he said. “The deadline we have is Friday, so we need to sell the remaining copies by March 10.” Ashlee Bennett, editor of The Reveille and senior graphic design major, said the staff has spent a lot of time volunteering to put the yearbook together. “It was kind of a struggle to get it to come back this year, and, if we don’t reach the goal by then, it won’t be coming back,” she said. Bennett alluded to the rivalry with Ole Miss to encourage students to purchase a copy. “One thing is that Ole Miss has a yearbook that is nationally recognized, and, if we don’t bring it back, that’s one thing they’ll have that we don’t,” she said.
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Court date set for March 26 BY MICAH GREEN News Editor
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Three students face kidnapping charges
A court date has been set for the three fraternity members charged last week with kidnapping a female student and holding her against her will. Corey Skelton, 22, of Kosciusko; Frederick Oglesby, 21, of Hattiesburg; and Donovan Carroll, 22, of Canton, will have their initial appearance on March 26 in Municipal Court. Starkville Police Department Lt.
Troy Outlaw said the incident occurred at 411 Scales St. and that it could be linked to a Twitter trend dubbed “kidnapping season.” He said anothOglesby er officer, who has a Twitter account, searched the term in the search engine on the site and found numerous references. “All the ones that I saw were associated with Greek organizations,” Outlaw said. A warrant was issued for the three men Thursday night after the victim filed a report stating that she had been bound with tape and held against her will.
Outlaw said the girl was visiting the 411 Scales St. residence when the incident unfolded. “She was a friend of theirs. She was there with them. It wasn’t an abSkelton duction or anything,” he said. SPD Chief David Lindley said after the suspects bound the victim’s hands and feet, she asked to be released and the suspects declined. He said they then called some friends of the victim and requested an undisclosed ransom. “They requested some goods be brought to them in exchange for the victim,” Lindley said. “It doesn’t mat-
ter if it was 50 cents.” The three suspects are members of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and Lindley said he recognizes the fact that this may have been a prank taken too Carroll far but that does not negate the illegality of the suspects’ actions. “Whether it was some attempt at humor on their part, we are still trying to determine,” he said. “But number one, it is illegal; number two, it is in the poorest of judgment — especially with the (abduction) hoax last week.” SEE KIDNAP, 2
Ghostland tickets sale starts Friday BY MICAH GREEN News Editor
General admission tickets for Ghostland Observatory will go on sale Friday at 8 a.m. Music Maker Productions is hosting the event that will take place on March 31 at the Mississippi Horse Park on Poorhouse Road in Starkville. A student discount will be made available March 19 through March 23 in Suite 314 in Colvard Student Union and will allow students with valid MSU IDs to purchase tickets for $20. Each ID will allow two discounts. Brice Lambert, student director of Music Maker, said he has been privledged enough to see countless live performances, but Ghostland’s theatrics and stage presence is unmatched. “(They’re) like nothing I have ever seen in my life,” he said. Last year, Ghostland Observatory performed at The Lyric in Oxford. Lambert said tickets to that show were nearly $45.
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WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES | About 1,000 students participated in Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, a challenge for men to walk in high heels in support of survivors of sexual violence, in the Junction Monday.
Texting, technology alter English Has txting 2day, changed English 4eva?!?!? BY EMMA CRAWFORD Contributing Writer
Without a doubt, technology is continually infecting every facet of student life. From never being out of touch, to always being in the know. Facebook, Twitter, texting and all the in-betweens have given way to not only a new lifestyle but a new language to go with it. Some say the constant simplifying and fragmenting of words and sentences in cyber space is forever altering the model of English that William Wordsworth and Mark Twain created. However, on campus, differing perspectives among teachers and students reveal that there are technological pros to combat the cons. Daniel White, English instructor at Mississippi State University, said he thinks technology is changing English, but this does not necessarily mean language use will get worse. “People are irrationally afraid; language is meant to change,” he said. “(It is) a very natural thing that should be occurring.”
NeedTo.com connects employees, employers BY LAUREN CLARK Staff Writer
NeedTo.com, an Austin, Texas startup, is looking to reach students and citizens in Starkville as it seeks to reduce the burden of unemployment by creating short-term jobs across the country. Russell Adams, co-founder, said NeedTo works to match helpers, or short-term employees, with people who have a variety of needs. Adams, a Mississippi native, said he thinks NeedTo is the first social helping platform designed to pair those needing help with those offering help. “Every day, people and businesses have things they need to get done but don’t have the time or talent themselves to do it,” he said. “There are people looking for work, but don’t have an efficient way of finding those that need their help.”
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Co-founder Wade Floyd said he thinks NeedTo will help people find work within their community. “Creating jobs at the hyper-local level allows the person down the street to hire their neighbor to run errands, cut the lawn or fix their computer,” a press release said. “NeedTo.com is based on the idea that we can help people find work and make a contribution towards eliminating unemployment. These are regular people looking for everyday services; they just aren’t in touch with each other yet.” The NeedTo service is free to use. Individuals or businesses can post a need on the website with details about the project and what they are looking for in helpers. Those looking for work can sign in, review jobs that match their abilities and offer their services. Adams said adding as many details as possible and including a photo to help describe the need will assist a potential employee understand the job posting. Employers choose the offer that best fits their need, and when the job is complete, pay the short-term employee for their service, according to the press release. NeedTo, which has a goal of creating 1,000 jobs in its first six weeks, officially launched Thursday. Over 200 needs have already been posted to the website. Adams said he hopes by making an easy-to-use platform that can be used nationwide, unemployment will decrease and jobs will be created in every town. “I believe this is an amazing opportunity to disrupt and help change the local service economy with a better, more efficient way of getting what you need done,” he said. While the business is based in Austin, Texas, NeedTo is open to job postings across the nation. Adams said the company plans to expand the business across the southern states.
“If someone posts a need in Tacoma, Wash., we will make sure they get offers. We are going to focus on the Austin area and Mississippi with some emphasis on Tuscaloosa and Athens,” he said. Adams said he thinks NeedTo can cater to students as well as professionals because it is all based on the needs of those in the area. “I see students seizing this opportunity to make some money fulfilling needs of people in the community,” he said. “Students will also be posting needs like tutoring, class notes and proofreading papers that other students will fulfill.” Adams said NeedTo is looking for interns for the Starkville area and has posted the internships as a need on the website for any residents who are interested.
MSU myCourses mobile app launched for students Hobart also said the app is very beneficial for students. “We are excited to bring this new feature to our campus as a convenience for our students,” he said. “This app will provide students with the flexibility to check myCourses, to post discussions, as well as check grades and other files while BY DUSTIN HAZLETT on the go.” Contributing Writer Shelby King, junior music education major, said the app is very convenient. On Friday, a new Blackboard Learn Mobile App She said the app is easy to access and is a lot for Mississippi State University’s myCourses of- quicker than having to look at myCourses through ficially became available. The app the cell phone Internet browser. includes many features of myCourses “Seeing that most students, inbut does not have the full features of cluding myself, stay on the go and the online version. busy, this helps in being able to The app can be accessed through access grades and homework from any mobile device app store and is nearly anywhere,” King said. “I also available at no cost. The app allows like how the app calculates grade students to access all of the courses percentages. That is a very neat and they are currently enrolled in and also convenient feature.” past classes. With the campus moving The Information Technology Sermore toward off-campus technology, SHELBY KING, vices website provides support on this is a great step toward that goal. the app and also answers questions Rhett Hobart, Student Association JUNIOR MUSIC students may have. Students and president, said in an email this is a faculty can contact Mike Rackley, great step forward toward off-campus chief information officer at MSU technology. for more information.
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Bryan J. A. Kelly, The Alpha Phi Alpha national communications director, said the organization was aware of the allegations against the three members. He requested that all other questions be submitted via email. Questions were submitted but had not been responded to late Monday afternoon. Cedric Gathings, Pan-Hel-
lenic director for fraternity and sorority life, declined comment and directed to the Dean of Students office. Tabor Mullen, assistant dean of students at MSU, declined to speak on any individual situations regarding disciplinary action. The investigation is still ongoing.
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On March 13, the Republican primary battle will come to Mississippi. At stake will be 40 delegates; more than one-third of the 110 that will be up for grabs that day in three contests in Mississippi, Alabama and Hawaii. There are a total of 2,286 delegates to be chosen, and a candidate needs to gain 1,144 delegate votes at the national level to win. There is more at stake than just delegates, however. Momentum will be a theme for the day in a race that has seen numerous momentum shifts as the field has narrowed down to four candidates. All four of the current major candidates for the Republican nomination will be on the ballot: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. Nominees for U.S. House and
Senate elections will also be on the ballot. Various media outlets report different delegate count, but the Associated Press estimates Mitt Romney as holding 203 awarded delegates. Rick Santorum is in second, with 92. Gingrich and Paul are currently third and fourth, respectively. Mississippi will have a semiopen primary, which Stephen Shaffer, political science professor, said allows for any registered voter to participate. However, those participating in the Republican primary will lose the ability to do so in the Democratic one, which has nominations for one Senate and four House races. He said it is up to the voters, particularly Democrats, who do not have a nomination process to worry about this election cycle, to decide what is important to them: the democratic House and Senate nominations or the republican battle for the presidential nomination.
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Hobart said this year’s edi- book,” she said. “Our memotion is unique because it has ries will deteriorate. We may forget names and a rewind section faces, but, with the that will include yearbook, you can pictures of major look at all those events since the things, and you are last Reveille was reminded of what published in happened.” 2008. Nguyen said “The Reveille there would be a is one of our table set up with a most historic laptop in Colvard pieces of our Student Union tradition, and all week for stuit’s something dents to purchase that if you go a copy. Otherwise, into the offices students can log and homes of on to their mySalumni you can tate account and see it (on their click the link in shelves),” he the upper right said. hand corner. She Hobart said said she encourhe was confident ages everyone to in the future of go buy a copy so The Reveille. The Reveille tradi“Just lookJEN NGUYEN, tion can continue ing at the supREVEILLE in the future. port we’ve seen “I don’t think so far … that’s CO-EDITOR people our age what has really understand how pushed us to important it’s bring it back,” he said. “It’ll only grow and get going to be to us years from now,” she said. larger each year.” Jen Nguyen, co-editor of The Reveille and freshman communication major, said she believes owning a copy of the yearbook is important for For more information, visit The college students to document their memories of their time Reveille website at reveille. msstate.edu. spent at MSU. “A yearbook is a history
“Our memories will deteriorate. We may forget names and faces, but with the yearbook you can look at all those things and you are reminded of what happened.”
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Mississippi’s primary comes one week after Super Tuesday, when over 400 delegates will be in play across 10 states. Though it falls in the shadow of the largest day on the primary calendar, Marty Wiseman, professor and director of the Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development, said Mississippi’s primary is important because there is a strong likelihood the Republican nomination battle will still be a three-man race between Gingrich, Santorum and Romney by March 13. “Won’t make or break any of them, but it’ll play a bigger role than normal,” he said. Wiseman believes Ron Paul’s role in the primary will likely be minor. Robbin Mellen, political science professor, said he agrees. “He’ll siphon off some votes from the other candidates,” he said. “But in the end, he’ll probably pick up about 10 to 15 percent of the vote.”
Wiseman said Romney’s weaknesses in the South leave room for Gingrich and Santorum to get back into the race. “Usually by this point, one candidate’s taken a pretty big lead over the others, regardless of party, but Romney hasn’t shown much ability to blow the candidates out of the water,” he said. Mellen said he also believes primary contests in the South will not be easy for Romney. “I don’t think the South will be very kind for Romney,” he said. “It’s not at all his home territory.” Wiseman said Romney’s problem in the South will be one of perception. “Romney’s got several strikes against him in the South,” he said. “His image couldn’t be any more different than the typical Southerner. He’ll have a very difficult time capturing the laidback appeal that Southerners know so well.”
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CLARIFICATION: In Friday’s edition of The Reflector, the senate article suggests that candidates for SA positions would be allowed to re-sell any campaign materials without reporting those expenditures toward their total. With the signing into law of Bill 13, the opposite is now true. Bill 13 was SA Senate’s effort to restrict campaigning and to eliminate loopholes. This newly created, more stringent policy on campaign budget requirements stipulates that any expenditure, regardless of if someone later purchases it from the candidate, must be reported and counts against one’s campaign total.
TEXTING White said technology has created changes in writing so quickly that the formal rules of grammar and sentence structure cannot change rapidly enough to accommodate these modifications. He said he is required to grade by the formal rules of language, which is problematic for students who break these rules often by using abbreviations. He said he has seen students use “u” instead of “you” in their writing. “I can see the prevalence of texting in their essays. It does show up,” White said. Although he said he does think texting and social media affect grammar negatively, Twitter’s 140-character limit per tweet teaches students concision when expressing their ideas. White said this concision that Twitter requires is vital to achieving clarity and meaning in any type of writing. Haley Allen, freshman mechanical engineering major, said she agrees with White.
Allen said she thinks texting, Facebook and Twitter have produced a dialect of the English language that is certainly different, but changes have always been a reality in language. She said technology has hastened these changes in language and made them more visible. “We don’t speak the way that Shakespeare wrote. I guess if you look at it that way then it’s been getting worse for a long time,” she said. Kathryn Wynn, freshman biological sciences major, said technology is hurting language. Wynn said the casual way people express their thoughts over Facebook or in blogs makes it difficult to write formally for assignments. “When writing papers, we’re more used to typing out our thoughts that it makes our papers more informal,” she said. “It’s definitely hard for me to be formal.” Patrick Creevy, English professor at MSU, said he thinks
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technology should improve language. “I would love to think that it makes a difference for the better because you guys are constantly writing,” he said. “It’s an opportunity for incredible improvement in writing.” Creevy said he does not see
technology negatively affecting his students’ writing. He said technology has a neutral influence on students. “I certainly don’t think it’s hurt, and that’s made my job easier,” he said. He said the root of students’ errors when writing is a failure on a basic level to teach children proper grammar. “It goes back to grammar school and high school,” he said. “That’s where the problem lies, not with telephones or computers.” Creevy said he is positive that texting motivates students to be creative in their writing. “The thing about texting that I like is it holds an obligation to be witty,” he said. “It is a great writing pressure. I find that to be an everyday writing assignment.” When asked how he thought technology will affect future generations of students, Creevy smiled. “It could all be for the good, it could be great,” he said.
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A tribute to the stars; Shining their lights in my rear view. Beating out the coma, in my lungs: chest tightening squeezing. What will I keep for to wear? Another day gone; another closer. To the snow, cold, snow. Melts on the fire of my love but extinguishes not my revelry. Rather, quenches my thirst, my barren tongue. We keep a light on for the scholars, but no one is home. No one home to breathe the incorrigible stench of the sweat dripping off your brow, the dye flowing from your hair Why don’t I bring you some flowers this time? Bring you a fresh object of affection. I’m talking too loud; singing flat, loud. Join me in song. I’ll crash your house; your party. Let me know the wrong names, speak the wrong numbers. Am I to join you; be accepted? This isn’t my home. a home for the homeless. Walking far from home; walking home from far. Fake palindromes.
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In my mind it is all beginning to soften; to weaken; to mold itself into an unfamiliar abyss. Abrupt eyes fill the mind, yet they do not mind. It is not in the obtuse, the irregular that we find such comfort as knives. Rather, only in the skies; the heavens; an effeminate novel of the world. Irrevocable silence clenches one’s pulse— such a calamity. May peace be found in such a place as this? They are so tired in their little graves; little houses the world has left them. What will bring them back?
or the past three years, it seems that Twitter has connected the city and Mississippi State University in ways that are invaluable to both. The university received national attention after using #HailState in the end zone for the Egg Bowl. Local businesses have used Twitter to instantly interact with their customers on both a commercial and personal level. And, last week, the Starkville Convention and Visitors Bureau and Main Street Association hosted the city’s first Twitter town hall. Since the popularity of MySpace began to rise, we’ve all heard the cons against social media. We’ve become egotistical, addicted to technology and unable to connect with each other on a personal level. News articles and studies have asked if social media is responsible for bad grammar or causes people to lose their reputations through spontaneous posts. Last year, MSU head basketball coach Rick Stansbury banned the team from Twitter after a player posted a mes-
sage on Twitter that criticized the team. This football season, Dylan Favre made news after he asked on Twitter if an opportunity was too much to ask for. In classes, we’re reminded as students to be careful about what we post on our Facebook and Twitter profiles because it could cost us a job in the future. Despite social media’s popularity and usefulness, rarely do I see anyone giving credit to the good it has done. Twitter can be used as an adequate news source. We can communicate with each other, even if it isn’t in a traditional manner. And events like the Twitter town hall can combine the two — we can learn and express our opinions c o n s t r u c t i v e l y. I participated in the event and mainly saw a lot of open discussion from residents, students, businesses and others with a stake in Starkville who were simply motivated to make their town better. It was gratifying to see a large number of people working together for the good of a place they loved. Instead of
“Following local businesses and organizations also helps you know whatʼs going on.”
Hannah Rogers is the editor in chief of The Reflector. She can be contacted at opinion@reflector. msstate.edu. harshly criticizing, most of the participants sought to discuss constructively and fix the problems facing the city. As of right now, it looks as if there will be more Twitter town halls in Starkville’s future, in which anyone who cares about Starkville or the university should participate. But, even without a Twitter town hall, we can still use social media to our advantage as a community. Although it’s convenient to use Twitter to communicate with your friends, it’s also important to follow news sources you trust. (At this point, let me just plug our main Twitter account @reflectoronline and state that all of our breaking news, like the abduction hoax, tends to appear on Twitter and the website first.) Following local businesses and organizations also helps
you know what’s going on. Boutiques and eateries post their sales, discounts and new shipments on Twitter. One of the biggest complaints I’ve heard about Starkville and MSU is that there’s nothing to do on the weekends. That’s completely false. We have plenty going on — you just have to put in the effort to find it. And Twitter, used properly, can help you get the information you need. It is possible to misuse social media, and it is hard to use social media properly. With the landscape constantly changing, there doesn’t seem to be one correct way to tweet or pin or update your status. But, from everything I have seen, being personable but informative has done wonders for those in the MSU and Starkville community who are on Twitter. As members of this community, we should seek to use social media to improve our community. Leaders in Starkville and the university have taken that first step, and we should be next. Social media is instant and free — by being creative and willing to make a change, we can use the tools social media provides to learn and improve on what makes our community great.
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requently, the question arises regarding the Student Association’s benefit to Mississippi State University, to our community and to the individual student. Considering the previous year during my term, I would provide the explanations below as an attempt to answer that question. Throughout the past year, I firmly believe we have continued to adhere to, and made strides to follow further, our organization’s purpose. The SA constitution’s preamble establishes the SA, “In order to promote student welfare and an academic environment; to further the activities of student life; to encourage a clear and continuous exchange of ideas between the students, faculty and the University administration; and to instill and promote a greater spirit of progress and loyalty for our alma mater.”
I would argue that, in addition to the programming and representational aspects mentioned by Rhett Hobart in his previous letter to the editor, the legislative branch has contributed significantly to each of our organization’s goals in the following ways. First, the senate currently in office is considering Resolution 12 which urges discussions with university administration promoting increased academic forgiveness policy hours, allowing for three courses to be retaken. Also, Resolution 6-2 and Bill 12 appropriate $25,000 to student groups across campus. Resolutions 6-1, 8, 13, 17 and 28 refer to presentations encouraging conversa-
tions between the university and students on issues such as the campus tobacco policy, bike usage on the Drill Field, study abroad opportunities and funding and parking concerns. Each of those presentations occur during our regular, open-tothe-public senate meetings and includes time for questions and open discourse with top university administrators. Finally, Resolutions 20 and 22 approve and endorse the Reveille and the Bull Ring, two programs designed for the purpose of promoting a spirit of progress and loyalty for MSU. The question occurs to me of how SA can allow greater visibility into its regular
“The legislative branch has contributed significantly to each of our organizationʼs goals.”
operations. Accordingly, the Senate Committee chairmen, the secretary and I are creating an outreach opportunity specific to the legislative branch to occur on March 20. We look forward to entertaining anyone interested in learning more about SA officials and our positions, roles or contributions to the university. We will establish a location and time in the near future, to be publicized with The Reflector and on our sa.msstate.edu website. I cannot describe how appreciative I am for the opportunity throughout this past year to represent this student body as vice president. The Student Association remains an organization run by the students and for the students, and I welcome anyone to contact me at vp@ sa.msstate.edu with their questions and concerns.
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t’s that time of year again: spring break. You’ve been tanning and toning for weeks working toward your dream beach bod. But when you aren’t bikini-clad accessorizing with a margarita and a magazine, what will you be wearing? I spent an embarrassing amount of time looking at fashion sites in order to tell you what’s in this spring. Straight from the runway, here it is:
Tangerine and orange Kaitlin Mullins is the editor of the Life section. She can be contacted at kmullins@reflector. msstate.edu.
Cheery colorblocking
This season is about femininity, not borrowing from your boyfriend. Girly pastels, especially seafoam, are very popular.
Named this season's best color, tangerine and orange were all over the runway during fashion week.
Super bold prints
Colorblocking is seen in many lines this season, achieve this look also by combining two or three bold-colored pieces.
From floral print pants to geometric-patterned heels, bold prints are a staple for this season.
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e all have memorable spring break stories: that one friend that wandered off on the beach for six hours; that time your best friend got an M.I.P. two weeks before his 21st birthday; that time you woke up in a pillow/ cushion fort with a Doritos bag on your head (I’ve seen it). I want you to make more spring break memories, minus the law and debilitating hangovers. Let me guess: you’re going to the beach? Panama City? Destin? Got it. Here are some obligatory safety tips and such to keep in mind while you’re getting your break on. • Did you know that sun maximizes the effect of alcohol? I didn’t until right now. Day drinking is fun, no doubt, but one must be extra careful when doing so, especially in direct sunlight on a beach. You’re going to get super dehydrated, which we all know is bad but apparently don’t care why so hear this: you will get fatigued and that will ruin your party stamina. So drink some water! • Speaking of the sun, have you ever had sun poisoning? Sun poisoning is a sunburn so bad that you may blister, peel (ew) and then get sick with flulike symptoms. Bummer. Avoid that by not slathering yourself in baby oil and lying stationary for hours in the sun. Take breaks! Get in the ocean, go on a walk, play volleyball but, most importantly, WEAR SUNSCREEN. You know that you can get skin cancer from being badly burned
Kaitlin Mullins is the editor of the Life section. She can be contacted at kmullins@reflector. msstate.edu. ONE time? That’s real. • Here’s an easy one some too often ignore: traveling in groups. Of course you’re going to the bar and the beach and the mall together, but what about a quick run up to the hotel room? Or a bathroom break? These are the times you most need at least one other person with you. We all know what creepers are capable of, so please be careful and grab a buddy!
age in Florida is 21 years old ,and no one will forget because you’re on spring break. Don’t risk coming home with a fine to pay. That fake ID that might work at a hole-in-the-wall isn’t going to cut it at a bigger club and they DO react to that type of thing. Be smart; you’re college educated! • On going out, the most important thing I can tell you is to watch your drink. People still get roofied; that is a real thing. Be sure to stick close to your friends, no matter how cute that guy is, and don’t wander off. Pay attention to them and look out for each other. If someone starts acting out of control after one adult beverage, be concerned! Do not accept drinks from strangers. No matter how free and delicious, that’s dangerous!
“People still get roofied; that is a real thing. Be sure to stick close to your friends, no matter how cute that guy is, and donʼt wander off. ”
• On vacation, you feel free, less inhibited, carefree. You might be tempted to do something risky. Here it is for the millionth time: DO NOT drink and drive, you know why. Remember: the drinking
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11. “Son of a Gun,” by Oh Land 12. “Whatever You Like,” by T.I. 13. “Come See About Me,” by Tedeschi Trucks Band 14. “Rack City,’’ by Tyga 15. “Midnight City,” by M83 16. “Lonely Boy,” by The Black Keys 17. “Dance (A$$ remix),” by Big Sean 18.“Young Forever,” by Jay-Z 19. “TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY,” by Justice 20. “Rich Girl,” by Daryll Hall & Oates
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weekend,” Nilsson said. “We Staff Writer have to clean The No. 14 Mississippi State some things up men’s tennis team began confer- and give the ence play with a sweep of Ala- guys some conbama and No. 12 Auburn over fidence, and I the weekend. hope with this Nilsson The Bulldogs began their weekend we can quest for a conference title on build on that.” Saturday as they defeated AlaAgainst the Tide on Saturday, bama 6-1. After dropping the MSU’s 27th-ranked Artem Ilyopening doubles point, MSU ushin and Zach White followed responded by sweeping the Coupland’s singles victory with singles points, lead by George wins of 6-3, 6-3 and 7-5, 7-5 Coupland’s 6-1, 6-1 win. respectively. Malte Stropp then The Bulldogs’ momentum clinched the match with a 6-1, carried into Sunday afternoon 4-6, 6-2 win to give the Dogs as they took a hard-fought bat- the victory. Quickly following, tle from No. 12 Auburn 5-2. James Chaudry took a 6-3, 4-6, The Maroon and White will 6-2 win to extend the Maroon now look to some tough com- and White lead to 5-1, and, on petition in the schedule begin- the final match of the day, 37thning with today’s match against ranked Louis Cant had taken a No. 4 Vir6-7, 6-2, 1-0 ginia before lead before his a three-game opponent reroad trip tired in the to Georgia, third set and Te n n e s s e e gave the Dogs and Florida the 6-1 win. who all rank In Sunday’s in the top showdown with 20. Auburn, MSU “Recovery struck first in is so impordoubles with tant, but we wins of 8-3 have to take and 8-6 to earn one match the first point at a time,” of the match. Coupland After Chaudry said. “Virdropped a ginia is gotough opening ing to be a singles point real test for 6-4, 6-1, Coupus, and it’s land responded george coupland, going to be a with a 6-2, 6-4 senior test for them win to put his as well. I’m team back on telling you top 2-1. Authat right now.” burn then tied the match after With the win MSU improves White fell 6-2, 6-4 before Ilyto 11-2 on the year and 2-0 in ushin won a 7-5, 6-2 decision, conference play. Head coach Per which was a hard-fought win Nilsson said he is pleased with for the senior. his team’s start and looks to “I told myself, ‘You have to be build upon the success. emotional; you have to be fired “We competed really well this up,’” Ilyushin said. “Regardless
“Recovery is so important, but we have to take one match at a time. Virginia is going to be a real test for us, and it’s going to be a test for them as well. I’m telling you that right now.”
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Seniors George Coupland (left) and Artem Ilyushin (right) are two of the reasons MSU is on a seven-match winning streak. Coupland has won eight individual matches in a row, while Ilyushin has won five consecutive matches, all coming against top-20 opponents.
that I won, I set the goals for myself for the match and tried to complete them.” Sophomore Stropp then rallied to clinch the match point for the Dogs for the second time on the weekend with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 win. Stropp, who is the reigning SEC Freshman of the Year, said he was proud of his team’s
overall performance. “Clincher is always fun because you’re the one who actually clinches the match, but it doesn’t matter if you clinch or not because every point counts,” he said. “I’m very proud of the guys because the way we fought today was really good.” Cant, who is 11-0 in singles play this spring, earned a 7-6,
7-5 win to set the 5-2 final. Coupland, who is now on an eight-match winning streak, said he was pleased with his performance on the weekend. “I’m going out there to purely play the way that I play, and it pays off,” Coupland said. “I played pretty good this weekend. I really served well and hit my forehand well and moved
well which is really good, and obviously the score shows that.” The Dogs host the Cavaliers on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre, and admission is free to all fans. MSU will not play again at home until March 25 when it takes on South Carolina in a Friday afternoon matchup.
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| Former Mississippi State play-by-play announcer Jack Cristil (foreground) was honored
Saturday at Humphrey Coliseum for his contributions to MSU. Cristil was introduced by MSU president Mark Keenum (background) and athletic director Scott Stricklin before receiving a standing ovation from the crowd on hand. A banner was hung in the rafters of the Hump recognizing his 58 years as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Voice of the Bulldogs.â&#x20AC;? Cristil is the only person to have both a banner in the Hump and his name in the ring of honor at Davis Wade Stadium.
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State cruises in Bulldog Classic, faces double-header with No. 3 Florida BY ELLIOTT REES Staff Writer
The Mississippi State softball Bulldogs continues to roll as they won all five games of the Bulldog Classic this past weekend to improve their record to 14-5 on the season. The Bulldogs have now won six straight and it is their largest winning streak since February 2009 when they ripped off eight in a row. The team appears to be getting hot at the right moment considering next up for the Bulldogs is Southeastern Conference play starting with the No. 3 Florida Gators coming into town on Wednesday for a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m. The Bulldogs are seeking to improve within the conference after coming off a disappointing 10-18 record in conference play
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last year. Nevertheless, the Bulldogs are excited about the challenge and conference play, head coach Vann Dunlap Stuedeman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll welcome the Gators into town and have fun with that and have a good series,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are eager to get started and really excited.â&#x20AC;? Four of the five games played in the classic were run-rule victories and have now recorded a school record of five total on the season in which the Bulldogs had built an eight run lead by the fifth inning in each of the games played. It was not until the last game of the classic when the Bulldogs did not reach the run-rule for the first time in five straight
games as they defeated Samford 11-5 Sunday afternoon to wrap up a successful hosting of the Bulldog Classic. Before entering the game against Samford, the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earned run average stood at 1.69, and Stuedeman said the performances of the pitching staff have been a big reason for this teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are making a lot of adjustments with video these days, and the hitters have really caught up with the game with technology,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice to have a couple of different arms to put out there and give a different view.â&#x20AC;? Junior pitcher Stephanie Becker recorded her team leading seventh victory this season compared to only one loss with her performance on Sunday and also struck out six to bring her total to 45 on the season which
ties her for the team lead with our catchers. They called a great junior pitcher Kylie Vry. Senior game, and I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask for anypitcher Lindsey Dunlap also had thing better,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I defian outstanding nitely would performance in have given up the Bulldogsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hits if the dewin on Sunfense had not day when she been there beentered an 8-5 hind me.â&#x20AC;? ballgame in the Pitching is top of the fifth not the only inning. She reason State closed out the is off to a fast final three instart. Their nings striking bats have out seven, albeen hot of lowing no hits late as well. and recording The team has her first save a total of 19 ALAN REACH, since April home runs on ASSISTANT COACH 2010. Dunlap the season and said she could has had two not have succonsecutive ceeded alone. games with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have to give credit to K.K. school record of 16 hits in each. (Smith) and Sam (Lenahan), Assistant coach Alan Reach said
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our hitters have bought in and worked extremely hard. They have stayed hungry and when you do that you get a little confidence.â&#x20AC;?
he has noticed improvement in team hitting as the season has progressed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our hitters have bought in and worked extremely hard. They have stayed hungry and when you do that you get a little confidence and start to roll a little bit,â&#x20AC;? he said. Junior outfielder Jessica Cooley, who was named SEC Player of the Week Monday, has been one of those players on a roll recently. She has 10 hits, 11 runs batted in, five home runs and eight runs scored in her last 19 at bats. One of the home runs was a grand slam coming in the first inning of the Samford game on Sunday, which gave her a teamleading eight total home runs on the season. She also leads the team in RBIs with 23. Cooley will look to continue her hot streak Wednesday against the Gators.
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12-0 – MISSISSIPPI STATE’S RECORD IN 12 HOME CONTESTS ACROSS FOUR SPORTS THIS WEEKEND
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Baseball sweeps weekend series BY RAY BUTLER Staff Writer
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Bryant, Bulldogs roll on Senior Day BY R.J. MORGAN Staff Writer
Veteran players know March is not a time for toying with an opponent. You build a lead, then keep your foot on the gas until the buzzer sounds. Against Arkansas on Saturday, Mississippi State did just that. Seniors Dee Bost and Brian Bryant combined for 31 points and Arnett Moultrie added another 20 points to lead MSU to a 79-59 victory over the Razorbacks. The win earns MSU (21-10, 8-8 Southeastern Conference) the No. 6-seed in this week’s SEC Tournament and gets it back on track for a probable NCAA tournament berth, something that pleased head coach Rick Stansbury said. “We were very aggressive when we needed to be but, at the same time, played with lot of poise,” Stansbury said. MSU will play Georgia at 9 p.m. on Thursday in the opening round in New Orleans, and the winner will play Vanderbilt on Friday in the quarterfinals.
“We’ve got to go in there with a mindset like we’ve got to win it all,” Bost said. Heading into last week, MSU had lost five-straight games and its national ranking. But an overtime win at South Carolina on Wednesday and the home win over Arkansas on Saturday puts the Bulldogs playing sound basketball at the most crucial point of the season, Arkansas head coach Mike Anderson said. “It seems like when their backs are against the wall, they find a way,” he said. “They’ve shown that they’re capable.” MSU shot 51.8 percent from the field and hit 15-of-17 free throws. The Bulldogs led 37-23 at the half and really never let up in the closing period. “This one came where we didn’t have to go down to the last horn, and we haven’t had many of those,” Stansbury said. Three of the Bulldogs’ previous six games had gone into overtime, but against a tired Arkansas (1813, 6-10) team, they set the tempo and held it. “The game was at their pace,” Anderson said. “It favored them.
Dee Bost did a good job of controlling things.” Bost scored 16 points and was 6-of-12 from the field with six rebounds and seven assists. “It’s now or never,” Bost said. “It’s my last year, and I want to get back to the tournament. I’ll do whatever it takes.” Bryant, who hit the game-winner in overtime at South Carolina, was 7-of-8 from the field and finished with 15 points. “He took advantage of the switches and played with a lot of confidence,” Stansbury said. “He played at South Carolina with a lot of confidence. That’s what you want this time of year.” Bryant has scored 31 points in the last two games. “I needed to step up with Rodney (Hood) hurt,” Bryant said. “Jalen (Steele) has been struggling also, so I just tried to take pressure off of (Renardo Sidney), Arnett and Dee.” Arkansas beat MSU 98-88 in Fayetteville earlier this season but has now lost five of its last six. “It’s different playing at home and on the road,” Stansbury said. “They sped us up, there on the road. Tonight, we got it inside.” Arkansas has not won in Starkville since 2000. “I think that also says we’ve also had some pretty good teams over that stretch,” Stansbury said.
After scoring double digit runs just once in the first 11 games of the 2012 season, the offense for the Mississippi State baseball team awoke in a big way Sunday in MSU’s weekend finale against the Lipscomb Bison. Before taking on Penn State for the first time in the history of the MSU baseball program, the Bulldogs played host to both Lipscomb and Big East foe Connecticut at Dudy Noble Field. After sweeping a two-game series with the Huskies by a combined score of 8-5 and topping Lipscomb 6-4 in the first of two games, the much-awaited offense that State fans had been hoping to see all season finally appeared for the Bulldogs, who racked up 16 runs on 19 hits in a 16-6 thrashing of the Bison on Sunday, which pleased head coach John Cohen. “There’s a lot of stories for the day,” Cohen said. “What you want is to have a nice recipe of guys who can run and guys who can hit it out of the park.” With the beginning of conference play less than two weeks away, the Bulldogs will first turn their attention to the Penn State Nittany Lions, a Big 10 opponent who has struggled out of the gate of the 2012 season with a mediocre 2-6 record. While PSU has not exactly had the best of starts, Cohen said it will not take away from the magnitude of State’s upcoming clash with the Nittany Lions. “When we had this opportunity to play Penn State, we couldn’t pass it up,” Cohen said. “They have a great athletic department, a great tradition, and they have a lot of athletes on their ball club. It’s going to be a tremendous challenge for us.” MSU will play the Nittany Lions on Tuesday and Wednesday in a two-game series that marks the beginning of the final leg of MSU’s 18-game game home stand to begin the regular season. The offensive explosion for MSU on Sunday was not centered on just one or two players, either. Six of the nine Bulldog starters had multiple hits, and the season-high 16 runs were plated
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MSU freshman DeMarcus Henderson, a Waynesboro native, navigates the basepaths during one of the Bulldogsʼ two victories on Saturday.
by six different MSU players. Lipscomb scored all six of its runs in the first four innings and held a 6-5 lead before State erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Among those who contributed to the eight-run burst for MSU, who batted around in the frame, sophomore third-baseman Darryl Norris, sophomore outfielder Hunter Renfroe and freshman first-baseman Wes Rea all had extra-base hits. Rea had two hits in the game, and Norris finished 3-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. “It was good to get the bats going today and take some pressure off the pitchers,” Norris said. “We knew we had talent at the plate, and we had some things not go our way in the past few games, but it started coming together today.” Along with the nice performances of Norris and Rea, sophomore outfielder C.T. Bradford had a career day at the plate Sun-
day, compiling four hits and plating six runs, two of which came from his first home run of the season. Before Sunday, Bradford had batted just .244 on the season, but admitted after the game that he knew it was only a matter of time until his offense returned to form. “I’m not going to press at all,” Bradford said. “I’ve been through this before. I knew it was going to come together.” While Sunday’s offensive onslaught may be an exception for what many believe is a mediocre MSU offense, Bradford said he and his teammates know what the Bulldogs are capable of at the plate. “There’s potential for us to throw shutouts and potential to score a lot of runs,” Bradford said. “Even though we’re young, we really have some good, mature hitters.” With a record of 10-2, MSU is one game better than the 9-3 record it had this time last season.
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